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Excerpts from Cedar City Council Minute Book.. , 1 8 7 3 - 1 8 8 3
1873 -. . .Roll
of attendance: Mayor: Councilmen:
[Took office August 1 8 7 2 ) Francis Webster John M . Higbee Homer Duncan George Perry Robert Heyborne Henry McConnell Christopher J . Arthur John M. Higbee
Recorder:
Jan. 1 1 , 1 8 7 3 . . .The City Council revised the ordinance in relation to the sale of spirituous, vinous, and fermented liquors. Jan. 1 8 , 1 8 7 3 . . .Discussed the location and the problems concerned with City ditches, headgates, and foot bridges. Jan. 2 2 , and Feb. 6 . 1 8 7 3 . . .Conferred with Bishop Henry Lunt who aereed to r e n t the small apartment in the ti thin^ Office cellar-for a City Prison. Feb. 2 2 , 1 8 7 3 . . . I t was agreed that each person still owing for land in the 'Old Field' should be visited. April 1 1 . 1 8 7 3 ...The City Council created and defined the duties of a Watermaster. Joseph Hunter J r . was appointed to this position. Sheep and cattle vaccine was discussed. April 2 6 , 1 8 7 3 . . . T h e ordinance regulating slaughtering in Cedar City was discussed. A committee was formed f o r securing land and erecting a slaughterhouse. Negotiations were made with R. R . Birkbeck to buy a portion of his land for streets. (Land needed to be purchased from most of the residents for this purpose) June 7 . 1 8 7 3 . . .The City Council remitted some of the citizen's taxes. Example--Thomas Gower's taxes were reduced from $1825 to $1000 evaluation "on account of his long spell of sickness." (He paid approximately $5 taxes) June 2 4 , 1 8 7 3 . . .Robert Heyborne was replaced on the Council due to his being called on an L.D.S. Mission to England. Bids for obtaining a Liberty Pole were read and George George Perry was also Perry's bid for $ 3 6 was accepted. appointed General Watermaster.

Includes biographies of the mayors of Cedar City and examples from the city minutes showing the events that took place under each administration. The three histories printed in the second section were written by three men at three different times in the history of Cedar City.

Excerpts from Cedar City Council Minute Book.. , 1 8 7 3 - 1 8 8 3
1873 -. . .Roll
of attendance: Mayor: Councilmen:
[Took office August 1 8 7 2 ) Francis Webster John M . Higbee Homer Duncan George Perry Robert Heyborne Henry McConnell Christopher J . Arthur John M. Higbee
Recorder:
Jan. 1 1 , 1 8 7 3 . . .The City Council revised the ordinance in relation to the sale of spirituous, vinous, and fermented liquors. Jan. 1 8 , 1 8 7 3 . . .Discussed the location and the problems concerned with City ditches, headgates, and foot bridges. Jan. 2 2 , and Feb. 6 . 1 8 7 3 . . .Conferred with Bishop Henry Lunt who aereed to r e n t the small apartment in the ti thin^ Office cellar-for a City Prison. Feb. 2 2 , 1 8 7 3 . . . I t was agreed that each person still owing for land in the 'Old Field' should be visited. April 1 1 . 1 8 7 3 ...The City Council created and defined the duties of a Watermaster. Joseph Hunter J r . was appointed to this position. Sheep and cattle vaccine was discussed. April 2 6 , 1 8 7 3 . . . T h e ordinance regulating slaughtering in Cedar City was discussed. A committee was formed f o r securing land and erecting a slaughterhouse. Negotiations were made with R. R . Birkbeck to buy a portion of his land for streets. (Land needed to be purchased from most of the residents for this purpose) June 7 . 1 8 7 3 . . .The City Council remitted some of the citizen's taxes. Example--Thomas Gower's taxes were reduced from $1825 to $1000 evaluation "on account of his long spell of sickness." (He paid approximately $5 taxes) June 2 4 , 1 8 7 3 . . .Robert Heyborne was replaced on the Council due to his being called on an L.D.S. Mission to England. Bids for obtaining a Liberty Pole were read and George George Perry was also Perry's bid for $ 3 6 was accepted. appointed General Watermaster.